A set of Honkai Star Rail character reworks designed to convey widespread, once-powerful characters again to some type of relevance is coming in HSR 3.4, HoYoverse introduced in the course of the RPG’s newest livestream. Kafka, Silver Wolf, Blade, and Jingliu will get some type of overhaul in response to fan requests that these particular characters be revamped, HoYoverse mentioned, however the studio held again on what these modifications would possibly encompass.

Assuming the sport’s replace schedule stays uninterrupted, HSR 3.4 ought to go dwell in early July 2025.

Every of the 4 have been thought of among the many finest characters in Honkai Star Rail once they debuted within the recreation throughout 2023, and Kafka discovered new relevance in 2024 when Acheron swept into the sport. Nonetheless, their injury output and crew compositions have light over time. Jingliu requires heavy funding and nonetheless dishes out much less injury than others in her class; Kafka hasn’t had any new damage-over-time characters to work with in months, and up to date addition Mydei is actually Blade 2.0.

Outdated characters fading into irrelevance, colloquially referred to as “powercreep,” is nothing new for gacha video games like Honkai Star Rail, although HoYoverse’s fashionable video games usually do not see their characters lose relevance so rapidly. A few of Genshin Influence‘s excessive performers from the sport’s first few years nonetheless rank excessive on widespread tier lists and might see gamers by endgame challenges with out situation. Then there’s Zenless Zone Zero, the place it is possible to deal with bosses and different powerful opponents utilizing the identical three, free characters you begin the sport with. Whereas each video games have modified, they have not left their characters behind.

It appears unlikely that HoYoverse has related plans for different characters, although. Time has left Bailu, Yanqing, Natasha, Hook, and Welt within the mud, so to talk, and there is no suggestion that’ll change anytime quickly.

Talking of older characters, you will have an opportunity to choose one in every of two free 5-star characters as soon as model 3.2 goes dwell, both Ruan Mei or Luocha.